The season for Chelsea F.C. had been a roller-coaster to say the least. However, their highs this season haven't really hit anywhere close to "Best in the EPL" mark. In the EPL, Chelsea seemed on the decline. Just this weekend, Chelsea lost to West Bromwich Albion, 1-0, and fell to 5th on the table. If the team was to finish outside of the top 4, they would not be in the Champions league next season. Due to that and perhaps their disappointing first leg against Napoli in the UCL, Chelsea have fired their manager, Andre Villas-Boas. The club and club owner, Roman Abramovich, now will look for the 8th manager in 9 years.
Conflicting styles with the players and poor results by Chelsea standards cost Villas-Boas his job. There must be a lot of pressure to come to a new club and be expected to maintain a high level of play on the pitch. Does any coach anywhere get a fair amount of time to mold a team in their image? I guess not. The sports world nowadays expects instant and positive results. There's seemingly no patience anymore.
I'm sure Villas-Boas will get a new manager job somewhere else and he will learn from this experience. As for Chelsea, things do not look good at the present time.
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